Paula Tomi Abstract There are different truth theories. Each of those aims to provide a general answer to the question: what is truth? The most common and well-known truth theories are: the correspondence and the coherence one. In this article, I aim to provide some critiques for the two mentioned substantive theories of truth. … [Read more…]
Lorin Ghiman Abstract The rapid institutionalization of “transhumanism”, promoted from the status of subculture to ‘intellectual movement’, to the point in which its interests have gained academic traction becoming a research and reflection field cannot conceal the many methodological and epistemic shortcomings it still suffers today. I intend to go through the most striking … [Read more…]
Eugenia Bogatu Abstract In this article, I analyze several components related to the pragmatic dimensions of communication. American pragmatist philosophy has been interested in the relationship between action-communication-research. American pragmatist philosophers have striven to define the rational meaning valid for any type of action, including the field of communication. General conventions and understandings come … [Read more…]
Dumitru Dodul Abstract After tracing the aspects of globalization, a complex, dynamic and contradictory process, we would like to underline that its essential elements relate to a synchronic implication of unity and diversity. We will analyze the importance of communication in facilitating collaboration, understanding, and social harmony. The central claim is that regardless of … [Read more…]
Diana Moga Abstract The main idea of this article is that the hermeneutics of Mircea Eliade and Lucian Blaga equally continue to be relevant because it does not omit the specifics of the living condition of contemporary man, located at the crossing of two modes of existence: one, sacred, the other one, profane. Unlike … [Read more…]
Alexandru Lupușor Abstract It would not be an exaggeration to say that Georg Lukács entered the history of philosophy mostly due to his work History and Class Consciousness. According to Merleau-Ponty, Lukács’ History and Class Consciousness “was for a while the bible of what was called Western communism” (Merleau-Ponty 1973, 7). The special place … [Read more…]
Mark R. Fries Abstract The private military and security industry has had such a profound impact on modern warfare that it deserves closer attention. The real debate that this article seeks to contribute to is whether or not the use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) is ethical, how it affects our globalized … [Read more…]
Marco Alonso Abstract In this paper, I will present the philosophy of technology of the 20th century Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. As I will show, Ortega’s reflections upon technology (or technique, the term he preferred) are some of the very first we can find in the philosophical tradition, a pioneer’s role that … [Read more…]
Mar Cabezas, Carlos Pitillas Abstract The present contribution aims to provide an analysis of the under-studied emotional state of emptiness. In order to do this, we firstly provide a description of the spectrum of emotional states of emptiness, their associated cognitions, antecedents and effects. Secondly, we focus on the cases where this state is … [Read more…]
Blanca Rodríguez López